Android - Cancel AsyncTask Forcefully

Question

I have implemented AsyncTask in my one of activity:

 performBackgroundTask asyncTask = new performBackgroundTask();
 asyncTask.execute();

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Answer 1

Just check isCancelled() once in a while:

 protected Object doInBackground(Object... x) {
    while (/* condition */) {
      // work...
      if (isCancelled()) break;
    }
    return null;
 }